She Would Die, but Not Necessarily Today

She Would Die, but Not Necessarily Today

Jiang Jiang wasn't surprised that he'd gone to ask the other children at the Welfare Institute. She gave him a knowing smile. "Why not think about why she needed psychological counseling?"

"You're saying she has a mental illness." Xu Huo had no doubts about his judgment. "Even if she has delusions, that doesn't mean it's pure coincidence that she imagined Shang Shuming as a doctor."

"As you said, Shang Shuming was merely a sponsor of the Welfare Institute. He wouldn't have had many chances to visit, so logically, he shouldn't have had much contact with the children there."

"I've met Peng Ya. She's a normal person."

"Maybe that's exactly why she was abandoned."

He paused, then fixed Jiang Jiang with a sharp gaze. "Were you abandoned too?"

"That doesn't seem likely. The Octagonal Gallery fits your Ability. Even if it wasn't made specifically for you, someone must have gone to a lot of effort to find it. A Artificer even died for it. Whoever trained you must have valued you."

"With that kind of devotion, they probably wouldn't abandon you just because you had a personality flaw... Unless they died?"

Jiang Jiang's expression darkened slightly. "I foresaw my own death, but not necessarily today."

As soon as she finished speaking, she raised her paintbrush and flicked it at Xu Huo. "Paid Model!"

Along with her Ability came a translucent square frame, much like a picture frame, which suspended him in place. At the same time, one of the galleries widened around Xu Huo, gradually drawing him into its depths, while the Mutant Animals in the frames on either side began to come alive again.

Though the item restrained Xu Huo and kept him from moving, he could still make small movements with his